Transparent cover.



c. H. MYERS. TRANSPARENT COVER.

. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23, 1910.

1,126,258. Patented Jan.26,1915.

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To all whom it may concern Be known that l,

Buffalo, in the county of "Erie and New York, have invented a new atTransparent C ver, of which the to; is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in covers for protecting anddisplaying goods for advertising and other purposes.

The object of the present invention, is to.

improve the construction of covers "for displaying and protectingmerchandise, and to provide a simple, light non-breakable trans parentcover, capable'ot being cheaply mannfactured, and adapted whiledisplaying goods to adord an absolute protection against insects, dustand dirt It is also an oloje'ct or" the invention to provide atransparent display cover, adapted to afford the necessary ventilationwhen do sired.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter telly described,illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and ointed out in the claimshereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the term,proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope ofthe claims, may he resorted to without departing from the spirit orseerificing any of the advantages oi? the invention. v

In the drawing :Fignre l is a perspective view of a transparent cover,constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a verticallongitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlargedhorizontal sectional view of one corner of the cover. Fig. 4 is anenlarged vertical sectional view o" one of the corners.

Like numeralsof reference designate corresponding parts in .all thefigures of the i n-triicte material, such thin transparent s celluloid,fibroid, or nous pyroxylin products. The top sl est its side and endhcnt dew ward to form side and end flanges 6 and "l, and the material isbowed or curved adjacent to the flanges, as shown, the bowed or curvedportions 8 and 9 supporting the'hody portion of the sheet above theplane of the upper edges .ot the top frame, sci earl shown in l ig. 2 orthe drawing The sheet l is split diagonally at the corners and out sothe contiguous edges of the flanges and i I the bowed portions 8 arid t)t nether when the parts of the cover are senibled. 'lhe flanges l5 and Tare secured y tacks 10 to the inner -laces of the side and end bars ofthe iipperrectanigular trams l,

The upper edges otthe side and walls are secured to the inner faces ofthe upp r rectangular trains l by nsane of the said or ornamental woodenmolding, as shown,

but any suitable material may be employed in the construction of theframes.

lln order to provide a rigid connection between the upper and lowerframes, the cover is reinforced at the corners hy inner and outermetallic angle strips ll and 12, arranged at the inner and outer facesof the side and end walls at the corners or angles -termed by the same,and fitted in the angle formed by the bars or members ol the upper andlower frames. The thin transparent material is cut so that theiradjacent vertical edges properly meet at the corners, as clearly shownin Fig. 3 of the drawing, and the angle strips are provided at intervalswith perforations 13, the metalloeing par tially severed to form theperforations and roviding spurs or projections 14;, extending from theangle strips and embedded in till i the fastening of the angle strips tothe adjacent edges of the side and end walls are suff cient to form acover of the required stiffness. The angle strips are of uniform width.and the arrangement of the strips interiorlv and exteriorly of thetransparent walls throws the inner and outer spurs and projections outof alinement, and they pierce the transparent material in differentvertical planes. By this arrangement the fastiming of one angle stripdoes not interfere with the fastening of the other.

The side and end walls are provided adjacent to the upper frame withsmall perforations 15, punched or otherwise formed in the material, asventilating apertures, but these i may be-omitted when it is desiredtoprovide a perfectly air tight cover. These per forations while affordingventilation are sufiiciently small to exclude insects and dust and dirt.

The cover is equipped with a suitable handle l6, provided with athreaded stem 17, piercing the top sheet or piece at the center thereofand extending through registering perforations of upper and lowermetallic clamping plates 18 and 19, having flat peripheral portions, andmaintained in engagement with the top sheet by a nut 20, arranged on thethreadedstem.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A removable transparent display and protecting cover comprising upperand lower-spaced frames, each composed of side and end bars rigidlyconnected and arranged in rectangular form, a thin sheet of flexibletransparent material substantially .as described extending across andhaving its side and endedges bent downwardly and fitted against theinner side edges of the bars of the upper frame and permanently attached'thereto and forming therewith the closed top. of the cover, verticalwalls constructed of thin flexible transparent material substantially asdescribed secured to the inner side edges of the bars of the upper andlower frames and connecting the same, and means arranged in the insideof the vertical walls for connecting the upper and lower frames at thecorners, the lower frame being arranged around the outside of the lowermesses flush relation with the said lower edge, so as to constitute aprotector therefor, the bottom of the cover being open.

2. A removable transparent display and protecting cover of rectangularform comprising upper and lower spaced frames, each composed of side andend bars rigidly connected and arranged in rectangular form, a thinsheet of flexible transparent material of rectangular form substantiallyas described having its edges curved downwardly and permanently securedto the bars of the upper frame at the inner side edges thereof andforming therewith the closed top of the cover, the said sheet beingsplit at the corners and the downwardly curved portions being fittedtogether in the angles of the upper frame, and vertical wallsconstructed of thin transparent flexible material substantially asdescribed connecting the upper and lower frames and fitting the spacebetween the same, means for connectin gthe said upper and lower framesat the corners, said means being arranged on the inside of theverticalwalls, the lower frame fitting around the lower edge of thevertical walls and-flush with said edge so asto constitute a protectortherefor, the bottom of the cover beingopen.

. 3. A removable transparent display and protecting cover comprisingupper and lower frames, each composed of side and end bars rigidlyconnected and arranged in rectangular form, a rectangular sheet of thin,flexible, transparent material, substantially as described, having itsedges curved or bowed downwardly and secured to the bars of the topframe at the-inner side edges thereof to form a closed top for thecover, the top sheet being split-diagonally at .the angles and thedownwardly bowed portions being fitted together in the corners of theupper frame, and vertical walls of thin, flexible, transparent material,substan? tially as described, secured to the inner side edges of thebars of the upper and lower frames and connecting the same, the upperedges of the said walls overlapping the downwardly extending edges ofthe top sheet. i 4. A removable display cover comprising upper and lowerrigid rectangular frames, a

rectangular sheet of thin flexible material substantially as described,-having its edges bowed downwardly and secured to the upper frame at theinner face thereof, vertical walls constructed of thin, flexibletranspa'rent material substantially as described, con necting the upperand lower frames and secured to the inner faces thereof, and inner andouter reinforcing angle strips fitted against the inner-and outer facesof the said walls at the corners thereof and secured edge of thevertical walls and disposed in meeeee g Y thereto, the upper and lowerends of the as my own, I have hereto effixd my sign strips beingefitende? so as ti hi1; carrifed by ture in the presence of twoWitnesses. the upper an ower rames,t e oWeI' reme t K constituting aprotector for the bottom of CHARLES M ZERS" 5 the cover, the latterbeing open at the Witnesses:

bottom. HAROLD A. CLARK, In testimony, that I claim the foregoing ALBERTHomzm.

